In 2006, Stephen coached the C-USA heptathlon champion in Reyer, whose performance was good enough to qualify for the NCAA National Championship, where she finished 14th overall. His throwers scored 11 points for the men's team. Marcus Brown recorded a regional qualifying mark in the hammer.

For three-consecutive seasons, Stephen coached the C-USA champion in the javelin. Chanove won the javelin title two straight years, while Prudilova captured the women's event. In 2003, Meschke won the event and he and Chanove went on to qualify for the regional meet for two straight years. Chanove finished fourth at the regional meet and advanced to the national meet in 2005. Prudilova and Kate Juedes qualified for the regional competition in the javelin and Noah Bryant qualified for the men's discus.

During the past eight years, Stephen has coached at least one conference champion and his athletes have scored points in the discus, hammer, javelin, shot, weight throw, heptathlon and decathlon at the C-USA meet. He also coached the current C-USA record holder in the decathlon (Jason Wilson, 7,521) and both former (Hope Sinclair, 5,361) and current heptathlon winner (Ashley Reyer, 5,392).

Prior to coming to Southern Miss, Stephen was an undergraduate assistant at the University of Alabama. While at Alabama, he assisted in the field event areas of the jumps and throws, as well as with track meet coordination. He also assisted with several All-America throwers and jumpers.

Stephen received a track scholarship to Alabama after graduating from Queen's Royal College. He was captain of the Trinidad and Tobago junior national track and field team for two years. At the Central American and Caribbean Games, he became his country's first gold medal winner in the decathlon. He also competed in soccer and basketball and was named Queen's Royal College Sportsman of the Year.

Stephen earned his bachelor's degree in Spanish with a minor in general business from Alabama in 1997 and an MBA from Southern Miss in 2001.